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1. POST hex Description 2Dh 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47 Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1
2. Entertainment and then Volume Control Under the Properties tab scroll down the list of devices in the menu and check the box beside Microphone Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technol ogy offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper loca tions and settings SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty per
3. supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboards have a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On Lan can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER PASGA PASGL PASGR PASGE accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You power supply must supply 1 amp of 5V standby voltage It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to in stall a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges It also provides two high sp
4. tween two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is cin identified with a square solder pad j on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for Setting SE jumper locations BA Pin 1 2 short Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of con tact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or short ing device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW ON con nector to clear CMOS 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation USB Wake Up USB Wake Up Jumper Settings JPUSB Use JPUSB to enable or disable Jumper i Position Definiti USB Wake Up which allows you 12 Genen to wakeup the system by de 2 8 Enabled pressing a key on the keyboard or by clicking the mouse when either is connected to the USBO or USB1 port This jumper is used together with the USB Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to allow the sys tem to be woken up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog Enable
5. 5v Standby Warning LED Audio In Connector Audio Out Speaker Connector Microphone Input Universal Serial Bus Port 2 3 Universal Serial Bus Port 4 5 Wake On LAN The 4 pin connector at J24 must be connected to meet the safety requirements of the ATX 12V specifications 1 7 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Figure 1 4 Motherboard PASGR PASGE Layout not drawn to scale Keyboard CODE CC Mouse e Use J12 J2 ATX Power Connector 412V Power Connector J24 USBO 1 COM1 Jn S t CPU s J45 478 mPGA CPU FAN T GMCH JP1 JOH1 VGA i LAN1 Se Z e DIMM1 LAN2 P E DIMM2 E ZS sene AGP 4x 1 5v z Di 3 Le2 PCI 1 ICH4 M i PCI2 zs c BIOS et o JP2 az 0 PCI 3 JPA3 WOL 55 ca J7 J6 Oo a e PCIA BATTERY E AIC E PCI5 7899 8 E o TS Usi SCSI Ch IB JA3 m annei JPA1 JEN eh speaker Ec J5 WORT nou CJ The PASGE has the same layout but no onboard SCSI See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers UO ports and JF1 Front Panel connections Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only Chapter 1
6. Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure that the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pulled low This is also used for M B burn in testing BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address F0000H FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail BIOS reports the a memory test fail if the onboard memory has an error A4 Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Codes Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Testing Codes for the Award BIOS POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers CIh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller fo
7. 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports 1 10 100 Mb LAN Ethernet port works with integrated MAC PASGA P4SGL P4SGA Intel 82540EM Gb Ethernet Controller for dual Gb ports P4SGR P4SGE 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Integrated high perfomance on chip Intel Extreme Graphics 1 game port with audio PASGA P4SGL P4SGA Latest onboard 6 channel sound technology Up to 6 USB Universal Serial Bus ports Latest USB 2 0 technology 1 infrared port Other Wake on LAN WOL Multiple CPU clock frequency ratio selections set in BIOS AC97 CODEC Suspend to RAM Onboard 5vsb warning LED LE2 CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers and software for 845GE 845G 845GL chipset utilities Dimensions PASGA P4SGL P4SGA ATX form factor 12 x 8 7 305 x 221 mm PASGR PASGE ATX form factor 12 x 9 5 305 x 241 mm Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Intel s 845G chipset PASGA is made up of two primary components the Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH and the I O Controller Hub CHA The 845GL P4SGL and 845GE P4SGR P4SGE chipsets also include these components however the 845GL provides no AGP support and only a 400 MHz system bus speed and the 845GE supports faster memory Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH The GMCH includes the ho
8. ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Codes POST hex Description 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 f password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87 Reserved 88h Reserved 89 Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93 Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen amp display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program
9. and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default for Port 2 is is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the UART mode for BIOS The options are IrDA ASKIR and Normal RxD TxD Active This allows the user to change the settings for the RxD TxD Active function The options are Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay If Enabled the transmssion of IR infrared signals will be delayed The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This setting set the mode for the UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Full and Half Use IR Pins This item sets the usage of the IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 4 14 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Parallel Port Mode This setting sets the mode for the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Game Port Address P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows the user to set the Game
10. 0 100V 0 150V and 0 200V Supermicro does not recommend or make any guarantees with CPU overclocking 4 5 PCI PnP Configurations Choose PCI PnP Configurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended system configuration data when you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Resources Controlled By This setting allows BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto lt ESCD gt and Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop For best system performance this item has been pre set to Disabled by the manufacturer The settings are Enabled and Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA This setting allows you to assign an IRQ Interrupt Request for the VGA The settings are Enabled and Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This setting is to allow access to UDMA when running in DOS mode The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 19 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 4 6 Power Choose Power from
11. 3 S SUPERO P4SGA JP3 WORI JLI JOH1 KEEN EC ce na The P4SGL has the same layout but no 4xAGP slot The P4SGA has the same layout see page 1 11 for differences See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 JF2 Front Panel connections Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction PASGA PASGL Quick Reference Jumpers JBT1 JP1 JP2 JP3 JPUSB JPWAKE Connectors CD1 CD2 Chassis Fan1 2 COM1 COM2 CPU Fan DIMM1 2 Ethernet Game Port J1 J5 J6 J7 J15 J17 J21 J24 JA1 JF1 JF2 JL1 JOH 1 JWOR1 LE2 LINE IN LINE OUT MIC USB2 USB3 USB4 USB5 WOL P4SGA only Description Default Setting CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 Front Side Bus Speed Watch Dog Enable Speech Output Select USBO 1 Wake Up Keyboard Wake Up Pins 1 2 Auto Open Disabled Pins 1 2 Speaker Pins 1 2 Disabled Pins 1 2 Disabled Description Audio CD Input large connector Audio CD Input small connector Chassis Fan Header COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector Header CPU Fan Header Memory DIMM Slots LAN Ethernet Port Game Port 4xAGP Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors Parallel Printer Port PS 2 Keyboard Mouse ATX 12V Power Connector 20 pin ATX 12V Power Connector 4pin SPDIF Connector Front Control Panel Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Wake On Ring Header
12. 5V fused the I O backplane See the table 9 HR 10 GP6 JSBUT2 on the right for pin definitions 11 MBPEQJSX2R 12 MIDEGUTR 13 GP3 JSY2R 14 GP7 JSBUT3 15 MIDI INR Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Parallel Port Connector te Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed The parallel port is located on J15 3 Data BIKOM a EIS 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init See the table on the right for pin 7 Data Bit2 8 SLCT IN M 9 Data Bit3 10 GND definitions 11 DataBit4 12 GND 13 DataBit5 14 GND 15 Data Bit6 16 GND 17 DataBit7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC 2 19 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Ultra160 SCSI Connectors PASGR Refer to the table on the right for the pin defi nitions of the Ultra160 SCSI connectors lo cated at JA1 JA2 and JA3 Floppy Connector 68 pin Ultra160 SCSI Connectors JA1 JA2 JA3 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 AT
13. But Keyboard All But Diskette or All But Disk Key Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 5 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section 5 BIOSVIEW gt Advanced BIOS Features 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to activate the screen below 5 BIOSVIEW Init Display First Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Init Display First This setting allows the user to determine which device will be first displayed when the sytem boots up a device installed in the PCI slot or a device intalled in the AGP slot The options are PCI slot and Onboard AGP Quick Power On Self Test If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine after the computer is switched on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST will run at normal speed Boot Up NumLock Status This option enab
14. CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed onscreen The options are Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F and 85 C 185 F 4 16 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS 4 4 5 Processor amp Over Clock When the item Processor Features is highlighted hit the Enter key to activate the sub menu shown below CPU Li amp L2 Cache CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Set this option to Enable to activate the function of CPU L1 and L2 cache The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ratio This item allows the user to change the CPU Clock ratio Key in any whole number between and including 8 and 50 The default setting is 8x CPU Clock Key in a number between 100 and 165 to set the CPU clock MHz Supermicro does not recommend or make any guarantees with CPU overclocking Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize operation when a system is being affected by electromagnetic interference The options for this setting are 0 2596 0 5 0 5 0 38 and Disabled 4 17 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual CPU Voltage Regulator If you overclock your CPU it may be necessary to increase the voltage supplied to the CPU This setting allows you to do this The options are 0 050V 0 025V Default 0 025V 0 050V
15. Connector The Power LED connector is lo cated on pins 5 7 of JF2 on the PASGA PASGL 15 and 16 of JF1 on the PASGR PASGE This con nection is used to provide LED in dication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions Keylock Connector The keylock connector is located on pins 8 and 9 of JF2 on the P4SGA P4SGL the right for pin definitions See the table on Speaker Connector The speaker connector is located on pins 10 to 13 of JF2 on the PASGA PASGL See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports Two serial ports are included on the motherboard COM1 is a port located beside the mouse key board ports and COM2 is a header located on the motherboard near PCI slot 6 right for pin definitions See the table on the NC indicates no connection Power_LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 5 5V 6 Key 7 Control Keylock Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 8 5V 9 Control Speaker Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Function 10 11 Key 12 Key Definition Red wire Speaker data No connection No connection Speaker data Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port Chap
16. Disable Watch Dog Enable Jumper Settings JP2 JP2 enables and disables the Jumper Watch Dog function Watch Dog Position Definition 3 Open Disabled is a system monitor that will re Closed Enabled start the system if a software ap plication freezes operations This jumper is used together with the Watch Dog enable function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to use the Watch Dog feature See the table on the right for jumper settings Front Side Bus Speed Front Side Bus Speed Jumper Settings JP1 JP1 is used to set the system Jumper u front side bus speed for the pro postor SE Pins 2 3 400 MHz Open 533 Mhz cessors t is best to keep this jumper set to Auto Note that the P4SGL only supports 400 MHz FSB speed This jumper is used together with the CPU Clock set ting in BIOS See the table on the right for jumper settings 2 15 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Keyboard Wake Up Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings The JPWAKE jumper is used to JPWAKE gether with the Keyboard Wake Jumper Up function in BIOS Enable both Poston a or the jumper and the BIOS setting to ard Enabled allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specifica tion 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this featu
17. Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device B 3 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual POST hex Description 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onboard AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 6lh Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120
18. P4SGE User s Manual 3 2 Technical Support Procedures creer tee tice 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions restesse rettet t eeepc dao 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service Chapter 4 AwardBIOS EAR We te EE 4 1 4 2 RUNNIN Selup inn cir interi ei eer va rto EE guest Ed 4 2 4 3 gt Main BIOS Setup REOR EENS SES ESA ee 4 2 Main BIOS Setup Menlo respete rta C epe te cam 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features 0 cccccceecceseseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeteneeessaeees 4 6 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Features cccceccceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaees 4 9 4 4 3 Integrated Peripherals AAA 4 13 4 4 4 Hardware Monitors ssssssssssseeeeeneeneeenneeen nennen 4 16 4 4 5 Processor amp Over Clock eo ein tee 4 17 4 5 PCI PnP Configurations 4 6 POWER A 9 LE dp 4 8 SECUN E ARQ EX EE Appendices Appendix A AwardBIOS POST Messages Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Cod6es scs redeat adiens napa Appendix C AwardBIOS Error Beep Codes sse C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the
19. User s Manual 2 5 UO Port Control Panel Connector Locations The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 specification to make setting up your system easier See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions P4SGA P4SGL Mouse Green Parallel Port Burgundy Game Port Gold o CRED bd Keyboard COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue USB 0 1 Ports Line Out Line In Mic Lime Light Blue Pink LAN Port RR OI Purple PASGR PASGE Mouse Green Parallel Port Burgundy coUo RS Kooy Keyboard USB 0 1 Ports COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue LAN1 LAN2 Purple 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 JF2 PASGA PASGL and JF1 PASGR PASGE contain header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin defini tions of the various connectors included speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details Figure 2 4 Front Control Panel Connectors P4SGA P4SGL o o Reset o o Speaker xd o L Oo Power On Oo Keylock x x x fe gt Power_LED Oo IR Connector o IDE LED ojo gm 3 J JF1 JF2 P4SGR P4SGE p NMI lt K X4 gt Power LED lt y HDD LED lt NIC1 LED lt 5 NIC2 LED gt Overheat LE
20. and 2 DRAM RAS Precharge This item regulates the number of system memory clock cycles for RAS precharging The options are 3 and 2 Memory Frequency For This item regulates system memory frequency The options are PC100 PC133 and Auto Buffer Strength Control Highlighting this item and pressing lt Enter gt will display a sub menu that allows you to control various buffer strengths System BIOS Cacheable If enabled the system BIOS information stored in the BIOS ROM Read Only Memory chip will be written and temporarily stored in the cacheable memory section of the CPU giving the CPU faster access to the information The options are Disabled and Enabled Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Video BIOS Cacheable If enabled the information regarding the Video BIOS stored in the BIOS ROM Read Only Memory chip will be written and temporarily stored in the cacheable memory section of the CPU giving the CPU faster access to the information The options are Disabled and Enabled Delayed Transaction This setting compensates for the slower speed of ISA cards on a PCI interface and so is only relevant if ISA cards are present on the motherboard The options are Enabled and Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal The options for this setting are 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min AGP Aperture size MB This setting allows the user to set the aperture size for the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP T
21. daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build amp update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h B 5 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Notes Appendix C AwardBIOS Beep Codes Appendix C AwardBIOS Error Beep Codes This section lists the Award BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 short beep 2 short beeps 1 long 1 short 1 long 2 short 1 long 3 short 1 long 9 short Long beeps High beeps System boot Incorrect CMOS setting DRAM error VGA error Keyboard error ROM error Memory module error Power error C 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Notes
22. disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also make sure the disk has been formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system A 1 SUPER P4SGAP4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual DISKETTE DRIVES ORTYPES MISMATCH ERROR RUN SETUP The type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly DISPLAY SWITCHIS SETINCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be setto either monochrome or color This indicates that the switch is setto a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection DISPLAY TYPEHAS CHANGED SINCELAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type ERRORENCOUNTEREDINITIALIZINGHARD DRIVE The hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERRORINITIALIZING HARD DISKCONTROLLER Cannot initialize the controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setu
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24. fan The CPU Chassis fan is intended for use with Supermicro chassis A closed jumper setting forces the chassis fan to always be on See the table on the right for jumper set tings Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Game Port Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Drive and AGP Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Game Port Pin Definitions Game Port Connector GAME PORT P4SGA P4SGL Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 5V fused 2 GPA JSBUTO 3 GPO JSX1R 4 Ground The game port is the gold port on 5 Ground 6 GP1 JSY1R 7 GP5 JSBUT1 8
25. mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Real Time Clock Wake Up Alarm Although the PC may be perceived to be off when not in use it is still capable of responding to preset wake up events In the BIOS the user can set a timer to wake up the system at a predetermined time Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the 1 15 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard Wake On Ring Header Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power
26. s Manual Pentium 4 Processor PGA 478 DDR SDRAM 400 533 MHz System Bus lt gt 4xAGP 266 MHz Bus GMCH 1 06 GB s H FC PGA FRA On chip VGA 266 MB s Hub PCI Slots Flash BIOS 133 MB s PCI Bus FWH Mb LAN Port Audio CODEC Keyboard Mouse Floppy Drive USB Ports 6 USB 20 Serial Ports LPC I O Dual Channel IDE PRI SEC UDMA 100 Game Port Lo Ly LA Ly Monitor Figure 1 5 845G Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the follow ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard The 845GL for the P4SGL is the same but does not include support for AGP and supports a 400 MHz System Bus only The 845GE for the P4SGR P4SGE and P4SGA is the same but supports PC2100 and PC2700 DDR 266 DDR 333 only 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Pentium 4 478 pin mPGA 1 5 3 06 GHz processors at a 533 400 MHz system bus speed P4SGL 400 MHz system bus only P4SGA same as P4SGA but also supports hyper threading Memory Latest memory technology Two 184 pin DIMM slots for up to 2 GB of non ECC unbuffered PC2100 1600 DDR 266 200 SDR
27. see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com techsupport htm before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifica tions to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is posted on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when contacting our technical support department by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The P4SGA P4SGL supports up to 2 GB of non ECC unbuffered DDR 200 PC1600 or DDR 266 PC2100 type SDRAM The P4SGR P4SGE supports up to 2 GB of non ECC unbuffered DDR 266 PC2100 or DDR 333 PC2700 type SDRAM Important See Section 2 4 on rules to ob serve when installing DDR memory modules Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recom
28. support for the onbaord LAN Ethernet port The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled AC 97 Audio This setting allows the user to activate BIOS support for AC 97 audio The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS 4 4 3 Integrated Peripherals When the item Integrated Peripherals is highlighted press the Enter key to activate the following sub menu screen BIOSVIEW Auto y ilg USB 2 8 Controller USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to enable USB 2 0 on your motherboard The settings are Enabled and Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled to allow automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector that the IDE drive can support The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard LAN 1 2 Boot ROM This setting allows you to decide whether to Enable invoking the boot ROM of the onboard chip for LAN 1 2 The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the main board and you wish to use it The settings are Enabled and 4 13 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the Serial Port1 and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3
29. the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display 3 BIOSVIEW ACPI Function ACPI Function This item allows you to enable and disable the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management program The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows the user to determine the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS S3 STR and S1 amp S3 The S1 amp S3 setting should be used only with Windows XP operating systems Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This item will only be changeable if the ACPI Suspend Type above is set to S3 Enabling this will initiate the VGA BIOS for the S3 mode Options are Auto Yes and No 4 20 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Suspend Mode This item sets the period of time that passes before the system goes into suspend mode The options are Disabled 1min 2min 4min 8min 12min 20min 30min 40min and 1hr HDD Power Down This item sets the period of time that passes before the hard drive s is powered down The options are Disabled 1min 2min 3min 4min 5min 6min 7min 8min 9min 10min 11min 12min 13min 14min and 15min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item determines the system s Soft off mode when the user presses the power button The options for this setting are Instant Off and Delay 4 sec CPU THRM Throttling THRM throttling i
30. the saved BIOS image file see above FAQ in drive A Press and hold Alt and F2 at the same time then turn on the power keeping these keys pressed until your floppy drive starts reading Your screen will remain blank until the BIOS program is done If the system reboots correctly then the recovery was successful The BIOS Recovery Procedure will not update the boot block in your BIOS Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard Question How do utilize the six channel sound Answer Six channel sound is on
31. AM PC2700 2100 for PASGR PASGE P4SGA Note See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology ntel 845G Chipset PASGA ntel 845GL Chipset PASGL Intel 845GE Chipset P4SGR P4SGE P4SGA Expansion Slots Six 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots PASGA P4SGL P4SGA Five 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots P4SGR P4SGE One 1 5V 4xAGP slot PASGA PASGR PASGE BIOS With the latest voice BIOS technology for POST messaging 4 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Nine onboard voltage monitors for CPU core chipset voltage 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V 5V standby Vbat battery voltage and 12V Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control SuperDoctor II Utility Environmental temperature monitoring and control Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control System resource alert Hardware BIOS virus protection Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core P4SGA P4SGL P4SGA only SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Real time clock wake up alarm Main switch override mechanism Internal external modem ring on Onboard UO Dual Ultra DMA 100 IDE Bus Masters Adaptec AIC 7899W for dual channel Ultra160 SCSI PASGR only
32. CDROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon S SUPERMICRO P4SGA P4SGL Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinMe xi Intel 845 845G chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct 8 1 Drivers amp Tools Intel Extreme Graphics Driver for 845G Intel 845G Chipset Intel Application Accelerator P4SGA P4SGL Avance Logic AC97 Audio Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor II Winbond Voice E ditor Build LAN SCSI driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Figure 2 5 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time After installing each item you must reboot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The Security and Graphics Drivers support multiple languages Click the arrows to pull down a menu of choices The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Note The memory size reported in the device manager may be less than expected because some is used by the onboard graphics Higher screen resolutions will take up more of this memory 2 22 C
33. CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 9 Reserved Ah Reserved Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS INT HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS soft HDLR Ch Reserved Dh Initial EARLY PM INIT switch Eh Reserved Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PIT for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed 9 Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved B 2 Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Codes
34. D S Power Fail LED lt Ne Ground Ground SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables Power Supply Connectors The primary power supply connec tor on the PASGA PASGL PASGR PASGE meets the SSI Superset ATX 20 pin specification Refer to the table on the right for the pin definitions of the ATX 20 pin power connector You must also connect the 4 pin J24 power con nector to your power supply Re fer to the table below right for the J24 12V connector IR Connector The infrared connector is located on pins 1 5 of JF1 on the PASGA P4SGL and on J12 on the PASGR P4SGE See the tables on the right for pin definitions Refer to the Technical Support section of our web page for information on the infrared devices you can connect to the system 2 8 ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J21 Pin Definition Pin Definition 11 3 3V 1 3 3V 12 12V 2 3 3V 13 COM 3 COM 14 PS_ON 4 5V 15 COM 5 COM 16 COM 6 5V 17 COM F COM 18 5V 8 PW OK 19 5V 9 5VSB 20 5V 10 12V 12V 4 pin PWR Connector J24 Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V Required Connection PWR Supply Color Definition Color Definition Orange 3 3V Black Com Red 5V White Power OK Yellow 12V Purple 5V standby Brown 5V For reference only Infrared Infrared Pin Definitions Pin Definitions JF1 J12 Pin Pi
35. Introduction PASGR PASGE Quick Reference Jumpers JBT1 JP1 JP2 JP3 JPA1 JPA2 JPA3 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB JPWAKE Connectors Chassis Fan1 2 COM1 COM2 CPU Fan DIMM1 2 J1 J5 J6 J7 J12 J15 J17 J21 J24 JA1 JA2 JA3 JF1 JL1 JOH 1 JWOR1 LAN 1 LAN2 LE2 Overheat Fan USBO 1 USB2 3 4 5 WOL PASGR only Description Default Setting CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 Front Side Bus Speed Pins 1 2 Auto Watch Dog Enable Open Disabled Fan Select Open OH Fan SCSI CH A Termination Open Enabled SCSI CH B Termination Open Enabled SCSI Enable Disable X Pins 1 2 Enabled LAN1 LAN2 En Dis Pins 1 2 Enabled USBO 1 Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Keyboard Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Description Chassis Fan Header COM1 COM 2 Serial Port Connector Header CPU Fan Header Memory DIMM Slots 4xAGP Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors Infrared Header Parallel Printer Port PS 2 Keyboard Mouse ATX 12V Power Connector 20 pin ATX 12V Power Connector 4pin Ultra160 SCSI Channel A B B Front Control Panel Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Wake On Ring Header Gb Ethernet Ports 5v Standby Warning LED Overheat Thermal Fan Universal Serial Bus Port 0 1 Universal Serial Bus Header 2 3 4 5 Wake On LAN The 4 pin connector at J24 must be connected to meet the safety requirements of the ATX 12V specifications 1 9 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User
36. N 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 1 0 64 I O 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 The floppy connector is located on JP5 See the table on the right for pin definitions Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP5 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation IDE Connector Pin Definitions J6 J7 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function Reset IDE a onp IDE Connectors 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 R Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 d e Ger 10 GEES There are no jumpers to config 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 ure the onboard IDE interfaces 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 J6 and J7 See the table on the 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 e GE 49 ND 20 Kay left for pin definitions You 21 DRQ3 22 GND must use the ATA100 66 cable 23 UO Write 24 GND f 25 UO Read 26 GND included with y
37. Port address The options are Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows the user to set the Midi Port address The options are Disabled 330 300 and 290 Midi Port IRQ P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows the user to set the Midi Port IRQ The options are 5 and 10 Watch Dog Feature This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the Watch Dog feature You must also change the setting of the Watch Dog jumper to enable this function see jumper settings in Chapter 2 Options are Enabled and Disabled 4 15 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 4 4 4 Hardware Monitors When the item Hardware Monitors is highlighted press the Enter key to activate the following sub menu screen Intrusion Warning There are only three settings on this menu below The rest of this menu shows various temperatures and voltage levels as indicated Intrusion Warning This setting enables or disables the chassis intrusion feature which you may want to use to protect your system The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear Intrusion Status After being notified of a chassis intrusion enable this setting to clear the condition If you don t the Voice BIOS will notify you of a chassis intrusion everytime the system boots The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the
38. SUPERG SUPER P4SGA SUPER P4SGL SUPER P4SGR SUPER PASGE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1c The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Califor
39. See the table on the right for jumper settings LAN1 NIC Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled LAN2 NIC Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL2 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA3 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual SCSI Channel A B Termination Enable Disable mesi hanner Termination Enable Disable PASGR Jumper Settings JPA1 JPA2 Jumper Jumpers JPA1 and JPA2 allow you Position Definition j Open Enabled to enable or disable termination for eines Disabl d the individual SCSI channels Jumper JPA1 controls SCSI channel A and JPA2 controls SCSI channel B The normal default setting is open to enable teminate both SCSI channels f you wish to connect external SCSI devices you should disable termination for the channnel s you will be connecting them to See the table on the right for jumper settings Chassis Overheat Fan Chassis Overheat Fan Select P4SG R P4SGE Select Jumper Settings JP3 Jumper JP3 allows you to select between Position Definition Closed Chassis Fan use of the Chassis fan and the Open Overheat Fan Overheat fan The default position is open to select the Overheat
40. able on the right for pin rt 75V Standby definitions You must enable the S S round 3 Wake up LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR AC 97 Output P4SGA P4SGL AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The P4SGA P4SGL features 6 channel sound for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speak ers This feature is activated with the Avanc software on the CDROM included with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right Activate AC 97 with the AC 97 Audio setting in the Advanced Chipset Features section of BIOS 2 13 Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Front L amp R Rear L amp R Center amp Subwoofer SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used Connector to choose between optional set ping 3 2 1 tings Jumpers create shorts be e o
41. an headers are DC power Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 OH Active SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports and Mouse Port Pin Definitions 417 The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the Pin PS 2 mouse are located on J17 Number omen See the table on the right for pin 2 NC definitions The mouse port is SE above the keyboard port See the S ac table on the right for pin defini tions Universal Serial Bus USB USBO USB1 Port Pin Definitions J18 J19 Two Universal Serial Bus 2 0 con i SS nectors USBO and USB1 are pro 2 Po vided for backpanel access See BIA the table on the right above for pin definitions The P4SGA ea USBsIS in In P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE also pro Number Definition Number Definition iB 1 5V 1 5V vides four additional USB 2 0 H PO 3 PO headers on the motherboard 3 POF 3 E 4 Ground 4 Ground which may be used to provide 5 Key 5 Ground front side chassis access cables not included These additional ports are labeled USB2 USB3 USB4 and USB5 See the tables on the right below for pin defini tions Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des Bein Kene NOD ignated WOL on the motherboard Pin SC See the t
42. by overheating CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded the CPU thermal trip feature will activate and shut down the system Hardware BIOS Virus Protection The system BIOS is protected by hardware so that no virus can infect the BIOS area The user can only change the BIOS content through the flash utility provided by Supermicro This feature can prevent viruses from in fecting the BIOS area and destroying valuable data 1 14 Chapter 1 Introduction Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The 3 phase switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 60A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 1 1V to 1 85V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 4 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend
43. cables and install the drivers 2 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing AN direct pressure on the label area of the fan IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Installation of the Processor and Heatsink 1 Locate the following components which are included in the shipping package Clips 2 4 Bracket 1 Note The CPU heatsink fan with clips is included only with the retail ver sions of the PASGA PASGL PASGR PASGE If you buy a boxed Intel Pentium 4 478 Northwood processor it should include a heatsink fan and retention mechanism f you buy a processor separately use only a Supermicro or Intel certified heatsink and fan 2 Insert the white pegs into the black an chors Do not force the white pegs all the way in about 1 3 of the white pegs should be inside the black anchors These are for chassis that do not have four CPU retention holes Bracket in position 3 Place a retention bracket in the proper position and secure it by pressing two pegs into the reten tion holes until you hear a click The clicking sound indicates that the peg is locked and secured 4 Secure the other retentio
44. choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting The default setting is Always OFF 1 13 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER PASGA PASGL PASGR PASGE The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Nine Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage 3 3V 3 3V standby 45V 5V standby Vbat and 12V The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensi tivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard 3 pin fans are controlled by the power management functions Environmental Temperature Control The P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE has a CPU thermal trip feature A ther mal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will send a signal to shut down the system whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a certain threshold This works to protect the CPU from being damaged
45. e features specifications and performance of the P4SGA PASGL PASGR PASGE mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED and the speaker If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshoot ing procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contacting technical support In addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides AwardBIOS POST Codes Appendix B lists AwardBIOS POST Messages Appendix C lists AwardBIOS Error Beep Codes SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About TSAI ATM Ae veces E iii Mantial OFg ani ZatiOn WE iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview GhecklisSt as ER 1 1 ee edel e
46. eaders sss eene nennen nnne nnne snnt nennen nnne Chassis Intrusion ATX PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Porte 2 12 Universal Serial Bus USB dee aes 2 12 MET E 2 12 Mee On RINO ERE E O 2 13 AGIOS e ue 2 13 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 14 Explanation of Jumpers eene 2 14 CMOS e TE 2 14 ET E 2 15 Watch Dog Enable Disable ne cec eres 2 15 Front SIDE BUSS DCC C EE 2 15 Keyboard Wake Up Speech Output Select x c ptor ro Roe Rives 2 16 LANT Enable Disable tnr rt terrere 2 17 LAN2 Enable Disable o crt re ed t eer reete te i 2 18 SCSI Enable Disable noisier rtr eere tre aea 2 18 SCSI Channel A B Termination Enable Disable 2 18 Chassis Overheat Fan Select 2 8 Game Port Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and AGP Connections 2 19 Game e ln ET EE 2 19 Parallel Port ConnectOr uiii eire a co Da es 2 19 Ultra160 SCSI et 2 20 Floppy ee 2 20 IDE Connectors 2 21 Lie EID 2 21 2 9 Installing SOfLWAte oen el ae sedia a dps 2 22 SuperoO DO CLO EE 2 23 Voice Ten TEE 2 24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before POWer OR iie rientra tend reir rrr E HER el GT e E ER Memory EE EE Losing the System s Setup Configuration ssssssssss 3 2 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR
47. ed this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Virus Warning This item allows the user to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Drive Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area the BIOS will display a warning message and an alarm will sound The settings are Enabled and Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Set this option to Enabled to allow the BIOS to test floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 tracks or 80 tracks The settings are Enabled or Disabled 4 24 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS 4 8 Security Choose Security from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Set Supervisor Password Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the Supervisor Password Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Security Option This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required ev
48. eed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super UO provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and UO space resources of the Super I O can be flexibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements which suppport ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 1 6 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super UO greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports four 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M di
49. ery time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup 4 25 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 4 9 Exit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Save amp Exit Setup Save amp Exit Setup When the item Save amp Exit Setup is highlighted press Enter to save the changes you ve made in the BIOS program CMOS and exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press Enter to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance 4 26 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press lt Enter gt to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 27 Appendix A AwardBIOS Post Me
50. following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ATA66 100 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable One 1 serial port COM cable One 1 CPU retention bracket One 1 USB 4 port cable retail only One 1 UO shield One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual SCSI Accessories PASGR only One 1 68 pin LVD SCSI cable One 1 set of SCSI driver disketttes One 1 SCSI manual 1 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 AE No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www super
51. hapter 2 Installation SuperO Doctor Il The Super Doctor Il program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Super Doctor Il displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See Figure 2 6 below for a display of the SuperDoctor interface Figure 2 6 SuperDoctor Il Interface Display Screen BER File View Setup Help ET E H E SUPER Summary Fan Voltage Thermal Items Alert 2 23 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Voice BIOS Editor The Winbond Voice BIOS featured on your motherboard includes an editor that alllows you to choose from multiple languages and to make your own recordings for POST routine details The software is included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard See Figure 2 7 below for a display of the Winbond Voice Editor interface Figure 2 7 Voice BIOS Editor Display Screen inbond Voice Editor Version 1 0 Ele Edit Help Dl oe we aA Defaut Save Load Config Rename Add 2 24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter A
52. he motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 2 4 Installing DDR Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert each DDR memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the mod ule incorrectly See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place 3 Two 184 pin memory sockets support up to 2 GB unbuffered non ECC DDR type SDRAM see support information below Support The P4SGA P4SGL supports both double sided and single sided non registered unbuffered PC2100 DDR 266 or PC1600 DDR 200 SDRAM The P4SGR P4SGE P4SGA supports both double sided and single sided non registered unbuffered PC2700 DDR 333 or PC2100 DDR 266 SDRAM Always populate DIMM1 first Figure 2 2 Side and Top Views of DDR Module Installation into Slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps E into place a Pay attention E ie Note Notch n to the notch should align with the receptive point on the slot To Remove Use your thumbs Top View of DDR Slot gently to push each release tab s I I Release Tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot 2 5 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE
53. he options are 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 MB On Chip VGA The 845G chipset features high performance on chip graphics You can use this setting to disable the integrated graphics if you wish to use a graphics add on card in the 4xAGP Pro slot The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size This setting is for seeting the frame buffer size for the integrated graphics The options for this setting are 8MB and 1MB On Chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual On Chip Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled USB Controller You should Enable this setting if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller it does and you have USB peripherals The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled USB Keyboard Support If enabled this setting allows the user to activate the BIOS support of the On Chip USB Keyboard Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard LAN Control This setting allows the user to activate BIOS
54. ible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the AwardBIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move among the different settings in the above menu Press the Esc key
55. iod contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Chapter 4 AwardBIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AwardBIOS for the PASGA PASGL PASGR P4SGE The Award ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The AwardBIOS Flash chip stores the system parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc CMOS requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only vis
56. is setting allows the user to set the password to activate the Power On function through the keyboard Press Enter to enter the password Hot Key Power On This option allows the user to set the hot key to activate the power on function The settings are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl FA Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 4 22 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS 4 7 Boot Choose Boot from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display BIOSVIEW First Boot Device Award BIOS attempts to load the operating system from devices specified by the users in a user specified sequence First Boot Device This item allows the user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled 4 23 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Boot Other Device If enabl
57. les the system to check the status of the NumLock key during boot up The settings are On and Off Gate A20 Option This option allows the user to determine if the chipset or the keyboard controller should have the control over Gate A20 The settings are Normal or Fast If set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 If Fast is selected the chipset will have the control over Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting If enabled the option allows the user to set the number of times a key stroke repeats itself in a second when the key is held down If disabled the keyboard controller sets the rate Typematic Rate Chars Sec You may change this setting only if the Typmatic Rate Setting is enabled This setting allows the user to set the number of times a key stroke repeats itself in a second when the key is held down The options are 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay You may change this setting only if the Typmatic Rate Setting is enabled This setting sets the delay time after a key is held down before 4 7 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual it begins to repeat the keystroke The settings are 250 500 750 and 1000 APIC Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable APIC APIC is used to assign interrupt signals to a specific processor on multi processor system and provides IRQs beyond the conventional 16 under Windows 2000 or XP It has n
58. lways disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Check that the 5v standby LED is not lit LE2 on motherboard ak wn Make sure the 4 pin 12v power connector at J24 is connected to your power supply Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For UO port 80h c
59. ly available on the PASGA PASGL Enable it through the audio driver software that was included in your motherboard package When activated sound will be routed through the jacks under the Game Port as follows Line Out front L amp R speakers Line In rear L amp R speakers MIC center and subwoofer speakers You must also enable the AC97 Audio setting in the Advanced Chipset section of the BIOS setup Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Question see some of my PCI devices sharing IRQs but the sys tem seems to be fine Is this correct or not Answer Some PCI Bus Mastering devices can share IRQs without perfor mance penalties These devices are designed to work correctly while shar ing IRQs See Table 3 1 below for details on shared IRQs Table 3 1 P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE IRQs PCI 1 shares an IRQ with AC97 and the System Management bus PCI 2 shares an IRQ with a USB 1 1 controller USB4 amp USB5 PCI 3 shares an IRQ with a USB 1 1 controller USB2 amp USB3 PCI 4 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI 5 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI 6 shares an IRQ with the USB 2 0 controller USBO USB5 Assumes USB 2 0 drivers have not been installed Since the PASGR PASGE only have five PCI slots the USB 2 0 controller has its own dedicated IRQ Question installed my microphone correctly but can t record any sound PASGA PASGL What should do Answer Go to Start Programs Accessories
60. mended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIOS bios htm Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your mainboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instruc tions the awdflash exe BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxx bin files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set the BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the mainboard At the DOS prompt upon rebooting enter the command awdflash Then type in the BIOS file that you want to update xxxx bin 3 3 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can correct this Answer lf the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To fix this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing procedure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recovery Pro cedure First make sure the JPWAKE jumper is disabled Then turn your system off and place the floppy disk with
61. micro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Notes 1 3 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual SUPER P4SGA P4SGL Figure 1 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL Image m a W peer n n The P4SGL has the same layout but no 4xAGP slot Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER PASGR PASGE Figure 1 2 SUPER P4SGR P4SGE Image rmm The PASGE has the same layout but no onboard SCSI 1 5 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Center subwoofer Rear L amp R Rear L amp R Figure 1 3 Motherboard PASGA PASGL Layout not drawn to scale E C JPWAKE Keyboard JPUSB J24 Mouse J17 12V Power Connector CPU FAN COM2 cow CPU 5 s 478 mPGA E 415 a SIS VGA HIE naja USBO0 1 Ethernet Port Our k CHASSIS FAN2 GMCH LINE E i E JI o MC AGP 4x 1 5v PCI 1 O 2 PCI 2 PCI 3 ieHa PCI4 CD2 Cp PCI5 woL PCI6 BIOS JA1 JBT1 USB4 5 USB2 3 N ATX Power Connector J5 FLOPPY IDE 2 IDE 4 J7 J6 CHASSIS FAN1 BATTERY j
62. n Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 1 45V 2 CIR 2 CIR 3 IRRX 3 IRRX 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 IRTX 5 IRTX 6 NC Chapter 2 Installation PW ON Connector PW ON Pin Definitions JF1 The PW ON connector is located Pin on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 on the Number Definition 9 PW ON P4SGA P4SGL 1 and 2 on the 10 Ground P4SGR P4SGE This header should be connected to the chas sis power button which you may also configure to put the system into suspend mode see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when the sus pend mode is enabled depress the power button for at least 4 seconds See the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Connector Reset Pin Definitions JF1 The reset connector is located on Pin x Number Definition pins 12 and 13 of JF1 on the Toc eind P4SGA P4SGL 3 and 4 on the 13 Reset PASGR PASGE This connector attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions IDE LED IDE LED Pin Definitions JF2 The IDE LED is located on pins 1 to Pin 4 of JF2 on the PASGA PASGL 13 Number Definition 1 5V 2 HD Active 3 HD Active 4 5V and 14 of JF1 on the P4SGR P4SGE This connects to the hard drive LED to display hard drive activity See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 9 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Power LED
63. n bracket into position by repeating Step 3 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 5 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Socket Lever 6 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that Pin 1 of the CPU is seated on Pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle 7T Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 8 Apply the proper amount of thermal compound to the CPU die 9 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU and press firmly down ward do not twist or slide the heatsink to seat thermal compound 10 Secure the heat sink by locking the retention clips into their proper position Retainer clip attachment point 11 Connect the CPU fan cable to the CPU Fan header on the motherboard 2 3 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual Lever Pin 1 Processor installed Pin 1 Figure 2 1 478 pin mPGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure t
64. nia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2003 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE motherboard The P4SGA PASGL PASGR PASGE supports single Intel Pentium 4 1 5 3 06 GHz pro cessors at a system bus speed of 533 400 MHz 3 0 GHz and 400 MHz only for P4SGL Refer to the support section of our web site http www supermicro com TechSupport htm for a listing of supported processors Single 478 pin Pentium 4 processors are housed in a 478 pin microPGA Plas tic Grid Array package This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes th
65. o effect on single processor systems OS Select For DRAM 64MB This setting should be changed only if using OS2 and your system has more than 64 MB of RAM The options are OS2 and Non OS2 Console Redirection When Enabled the console display can be redirected via the COM port When Disabled console redirection is attempted only if keyboard is absent Agent After Boot When Enabled the agent will continue running after boot up The default setting is Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to specify how the system will respond when power is reapplied after the system has gone down due to a power failure The options are Off On and Former Sts Full Screen Logo Show The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled This refers to the logo that appears when your computer boots up Voice Warning Output P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows you to turn the Voice BIOS on or off Voice BIOS is a new feature that gives you verbal spoken details of the POST Power On 4 8 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Self Test routine that runs during system boot This output is available in several languages use the Voice BIOS software included on the CD that came with the motherboard to choose a different language Remember you will need sound output enabled and set up to use this feature See Section 2 9 for more details The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled 4 4 2 Ad
66. odes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR memory see next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Questions FAQs sections in this chapter or
67. our system to 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DA KA 30 GNG benefit from the ATA100 66 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 technology 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 1 5V 4xAGP Slot P4SGA P4SGR P4SGE The 4xAGP slot is not included on the PASGL You should first disable the integrated video in BIOS before adding a VGA card to this slot See the On Chip VGA setting in the Advanced Chipset Features section in BIOS The 4xAGP slot is backward compatible with 2xAGP graphics cards To install a VGA card power down the system and remove the I O shield corresponding to the AGP slot Then pull back the locking tab on the slot before inserting your VGA card After the card is inserted close the locking tab if possible some VGA cards have a notch in the corner of the board to lock it into place others do not Replace all chassis covers before restoring power to the system Locking Tab 2 21 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual 2 9 Installing Software After all the hardware has been installed you must install first of all the operating system and then the software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard After inserting this CD into your CDROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this display does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your
68. p Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLRPRESENT Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE KEYBOARD ERRORORNO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during boot up If you are intentionally configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot A2 Appendix A AwardBIOS POST Messages Memory Address Error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory parity Error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory Verify Error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESSNOTFOUND This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the
69. ption allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBlOS sets the settings for the IDE Primary Master Device The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO See the previous setting for description The options for this setting are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 IDE Primary Master UDMA This is available only when your IDE drive supports UDMA and the operating environment also includes a UDMA drive If your IDE hard drive and your system software both support UDMA select Auto to enabled BIOS support The options for this setting are Auto and Disabled 4 4 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Drive A Drive B These settings allow the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed in the system The options are None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in and 2 88M 3 5 in Default settings are 1 44 3 5 in for Drive A and None for Drive B Video Use this setting to specify the type of display you are using with the System Options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO Halt On If the system encounters a non specified error during boot up it will come to a halt as directed by these settings You can tell the system to halt on All Errors No Errors All
70. r Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved DAN Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved 0Dh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker Debuggig LED Encoding Post Code Encoded LED Task Cih 001b Memory Detection 05h 010b BIOS Shadowing 07h 011b KBECInitialization DER 100b Shadow BAM test 14h 101b Chipset defaults loaded 26h 110b Clockgenerator configured 2Bh 111b iceoinitializaticn 52h 000b JustclearlEDs B 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual POST hex Description OFh Reserved 0 Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 1 Reserved 2h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 3h Reserved 4 Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 5 Reserved 6h Initial Early Init Onboard Generator switch 7 Reserved 8h Detect
71. re Speech Output Select Speech Output Select P4SGA P4SGL Jumper Settings JP3 Jumper The system BIOS has a voice fea Position Definition 1 2 Speaker ture that it can use to inform you 2 3 Line Out of the POST Power On Self Test routine details You can also pro gram your voice to give the BIOS certain commands with the soft ware included on the Supermicro CD that was included with your motherboard JP3 is used to direct the BIOS voice output to either the Line Out port or via the Speaker header on JP2 The Voice Warn ing Output setting in the Ad vanced BIOS Features section of BIOS must be enabled to use this feature See the table on the right for jumper setting pin definitions 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation LAN1 Enable Disable PASGR PASGE Change the setting of jumper JPL1 to enable or disable the onboard LAN1 or NIC Network Interface Card on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled LAN2 Enable Disable PASGR PASGE Change the setting of jumper JPL2 to enable or disable the onboard LAN2 or NIC Network Interface Card on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled SCSI Enable Disable PASGR The SCSI Termination jumper at JPA3 allows you to enable or dis able the onboard SCSI controller The normal default position is on to enable SCSI termination
72. s used to lower power consumption and reduce the heat gererated by the CPU The options for this setting are 87 5 75 62 5 50 37 5 25 and 12 5 Wake Up by PCI Card If Enabled the user is able to wake up the system via a PCI card The settings are Enabled and Disabled Power On by Ring If Enabled the user is able to wake up the system via the modem The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled Wake Up on LAN If Enabled the user is able to wake up the system via the LAN The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled 4 21 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual USB KB Wake Up From S3 This item is only changeable if the ACPI Suspend Type above is set to S3 Enabling this will allow you to wake up the system by depressing a button on a USB connected keyboard Options are Enabled and Disabled Resume by Alarm If Enabled this setting will allow the AwardBIOS to turn on the system via the real time clock RTC The options are Enabled and Disabled Date of Month Alarm Set the date for RTC alarm wake up in this field Time hh mm s Alarm Set the time for RTC alarm wake up in this field POWER ON Function This setting allows the user to determine the method by which the system power is activated The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key Button Only and Keyboard 98 KB Power On Password Th
73. segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDINGSEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM PARITY ERROR CHECKING FORSEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL A3 SUPER P4SGAP4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy Type dismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of the keyboard controller is pulled low
74. sk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected Installation Procedures Follow the procedures as listed below for full installation of the motherboard into a chassis 1 Install the processor and the heatsink to the motherboard 2 Install the motherboard in the chassis 3 Install the memory and add on cards 4 Finally connect the
75. ssages Appendix A AwardBIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for errors If an error is found and a correction is needed the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by the following PRESS F1 TOCONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Codes Currently there are two kinds of beep codes used in AwardBIOS One code indicates that a video error has occurred and that the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps The other code indicates that a Rambus error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep that sounds repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUMERROR The CMOS hecksum is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has been corrupted This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain the proper system boot files Insert a system
76. st CPU interface memory interface ICH4 inter face and 4xAGP interface for the 845G GL GE chipset It contains ad vanced power management logic and supports a single channel of DDR SDRAM The AGP 2 0 interface supports 4x data transfers and operates at a peak bandwidth of 1 6 GB s An external graphics accelerator card is not required due to the integrated graphics in the 845G GL GE chipset If the system BIOS detects an exter nal AGP device it will disable the integrated graphics The integrated graphics controller delivers 3D 2D and video capabilities including video conferencing applications The controller does not utlilize local memory but accesses graphics data located in system memory at speeds matching that of the SDRAM installed It also includes a cache controller to avoid frequent memory fetches of recently accessed texture data UO Controller Hub ICH4 The ICH4 is a fourth generation UO Controller Hub subsystem that integrates many of the input output functions of the chipset including a two channel ATA100 Bus Master IDE controller The ICH4 also interfaces with the PCI cards the AC 97 Audio CODEC and the various communications ports Nearly all communications between the GMCH and the ICH4 takes place over the hub Interface which is a 66 MHz 266 MB s bus Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can
77. ter 2 Installation CD Header PASGA SGL There are two 4 pin CD headers of different sizes on the motherboard These allow you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Connect the audio cable from your CD drive to the header that fits your cable s con nector Only one CD header can be use at any one time See the tables on the right for pin defini tions Fan Headers There are three fan headers on the P4SGA P4SGL which are designated CPU Fan Chassis Fan 1 and Chassis Fan 2 The PASGR PASGE also has an Overheat Fan Connect the fan on your CPU heatsink to the CPU Fan header See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is designated JL1 See the board layout in Chapter 1 for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED JOH1 Connect an LED to the JOH1 header to provide warning of chassis overheating See the table on the right for pin defini tions 2 11 Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD1 Pin SE Number Definition 1 Left Stereo Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Stereo Signal Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD2 Pin Gd Number Definition 1 Right Stereo Signal 2 Ground 3 Left Stereo Signal 4 Ground Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU Chassis and Overheat Pin Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer Caution These f
78. to exit theCMOS Setup Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus 4 2 Chapter 4 AwardBIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu VE BIOSVIEW Date lt mm dd yy gt Date Time Set the system date and time Key in the correct information in the mm dd and yy fields Press the Enter key to save the data Swap Floppy Drive This setting allows the user to swap the designation A and B of the floppy disk drives installed in the system if there are two floppy disk drives installed on the mainboard The options are Disabled and Enabled IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave These options allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Press Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are listed below IDE HDD Auto Detection Press the lt Enter gt key to activate the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as the size and number of cylinders 4 3 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Primary Master This o
79. vanced Chipset Features This section covers the functions used for configuring the system based upon the special features offered by the Plumas chipset The chipset manages the operations of major components of the board Normally the default settings for the Advanced Chipset Features listed in the section are pre configured by the manufacturer for the optimal performance of the System It is recommended that the user does not alter the default settings This section is provided as an emergency measure for the user to restore the functions of the system when the critical data stored in the BIOS is lost DRAM Timing Selectable DRAM Timing Selectable This item regulates dynamic random access memory DRAM timing The options are Manual and By SPD 4 9 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual CAS Latency Time This item regulates memory column address strobe CAS timing The settings are 1 5 2 2 5 and 3 Active to Precharge Delay This item regulates the number of memory clock cycles allowed for memory refresh charging The options are 7 6 and 5 Shorter timings increase system memory throughput at the risk of lacking sufficient refresh charge DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item regulates the number of memory closk cycles between strobing a row address RAS and a column address CAS Shorter numbers of clock cycles improve system memory performance at the risk of missing data The options are 3

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